Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-21

Famous Divorce Case.
m SUIT OF THE COUNTESS vALEUsIS 10 m M


A telegram 10 the New York Stin from san Fran
cisco, July ls says: The reopening OF the divorces
case OF Alice NJ valeusin against her hus-
band, the Count Valeusin, which has Just
been ordered by the Supreme Court OF CALI
fornia, promises to make big sensation
I'm the golden state in n short time. There Is a
possibility that Monsignor Capel will be notable
hgure in the new TRIAL and that his soJOurn al the
Arno ranch, Count Naleusins beautiful property
1n the Sacramento Valley, win form very unique
Incident I'm the progress OF the suit
IL will be the third time that the now celebrated
case Will have engaged the attention of the
when cross suits between the count and the
countess made the public aware OF the details
OF the counts marriage and the sumptuou5
mode OF life on the Arno ranch. The countess
was Miss McCauey, daughter OF J. 4.
McCauley, a rich California pioneer living In
Sacramento County, where the count flrsi met her
fifteen years ago. He WAS the son OF a rich Flor
entine banker and he quickly fell I'm love with The
pretty face of the rich American GIRL and they
We're engaged and went 10 FLORENCE, Italy ,se wnele
was pleased with The match, and made his son a
present OF pile OF money. with which he returned
10 America and bought the Arno ranch, where Tor
ten years the couple lived together.
The count lived like an epicure, and all visitors
to the ranch were charmed With his mag.
nificent hospitality. He had a $1,000 imported
French cook To prepare banquets tor his guests,
and conducted everything else on the same eN-
the couple. Domestic auarreis turned the
household upside down In 1ss3, and ended In d.
vorce proceedings on both sdes-the countess ac-
cusing the count of cruelty, and he bringing AZ
her charges OF improper conduct with a prominent
Californian lawyer. The result OF the litigation
that neither got divorce, but to the countess
was given the custody OF her young son.
MGR CAPEL APPEARs on THE SCENE.
The count went abroad shortly afterward, and
the countess was soon left at the ranch with only
her mother and the little boy and the servants
About this time Mgr. Capel visred California, and
was introduced to the countess 10y some Sacrimen-
To admirers. He was for long time petted
guest at the ranch, and when the count got home
again from Europe he found that The prelate had
been regularly Installed In the Naleusn res
fdence tutor 10 young Naleusin, who
was then about twelve years old Count
Valeusn became tealously Suspicious when
he found that his wifes mother, together
with her brother and his wife, all OF whom had
been guests at the ranch when he started for
Europe, had all left short time after Mgr.
Capei's advent as A guest. He declared TO
friends that he believed that this was the
result OF lsome underhand work OF which
Mgr Capel was cogniLant aud he commented sig-
| nificantiy upon the fact that Mgr. Capel seemed
TO be not only acting tutor TO the boy, but gen
eral manager OF all the affairs at ArnO as well.
The property at this time Was badly tangled up
| by mortgages which had grown out OF the two
years expensive litigation between the count and
| his wife. The count resolved TO live elsewhere.
and never spoke To Mgr Capel at all, only visiting
| the ranch occasionally, and then simply To look
It was not long before this singular condition Of
things began to be talked about 10y other people.
and finally stories got into the California news
papers containing very serious reflections upon
| Mgr Capel's position, and alleged improper con-
duct under the guse or family tutor. These
stories had been teegraphed TO New York before
Mgr Capel answered them with card. In the
card he denied that there was anything at all im-
proper in his relations with the countess, and
| declared that he became tutor TO young
valeusin with the especial appreciation
| of the countess parents Just as he had been
tutor In other families In Europe. He said that he
proposed TO buy up a slice of the Arno ranch to
form an agricultural school there, and appealed To
the public not 10 pay heed 10 any Of the scandalous
4 Safd hpn cir nla4 "A
! enemies OF himself and the church IL has been
the talk here that Count Naleusin has conten-
plated for some time bringing a fresh cross suit
| Tor divorce against his wife, and making Monsg-
1 nor camel a -respDndpnt.